But nobody, not even the most rabid anglo-hater, has ever tried to claim that we anglos pay less than our fair share.

And in terms of what we get back, by one standard, we’re not even the best-treated minority in Canada, but the worst.

Last year, the conservative Fraser Institute published a study on spending by provincial governments in 2006-07 to provide additional public services in French in the other provinces and in English in Quebec.

The study was conducted by four economists who either teach, study or were taught at the Université de Montréal.

They found that, in terms of the average benefit to each member of the linguistic minority (see table, page 110 of report), Quebec anglos received far less ($88) than any other province’s French-speaking minority.

(New Brunswick was next at $357, and the average for provinces other than Quebec was $872.)

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